Some of the quests you'll receive are actually quite cool..., but mostly the chores are mundane and the gameplay very linear. [Apr 2002, p.94]

If this game game came out four years ago, maybe. Today, no. [Apr 2004, p.86]

Although the vocally overdubbed actors try to give decent performances, Conspiracies' overall quality is so much like a B movie that you'll be surprised no killer tomatoes ever attack - and you just might be praying that they do. [May 2004, p.83]

A total rush job, from start to all-too-sudden finish. [Feb 2006, p.73]

The gamplay in this game about serial murders is even more horrific than its story line. [Feb 2004, p.87]

It contains features any die-hard--and patient--historical strategy gamer can get excited about. [Mar 2004, p.91]

You’ll suspect you’re that fool if you purchase this disappointing game. [Feb 2002, p.92]

Long stretches of boredom punctuated by brief moments of implausibility. [Feb 2005, p.84]

Considering their utter lack of intelligence, it'd be more accurate to name these guys "Inbreed." [July 2004, p.70]

Alpha Black Zero may not be the worst game ever made, but it may be the most tedious. [Dec 2004, p.93]

Poorly designed controls make this pallid Indiana Jones clone unplayable. [July 2003, p.83]

It looks and plays like it was made by two guys in a basement - which, in fact, it was. [Oct 2005, p.78]

A good naval warfare sim undermined by bugs and missing features. [June 2002, p.93]

Until someone boxes up syphilis and tries to sell it at retail, Postal 2 is the worst product ever foisted upon consumers. [July 2003, p.90]

No matter how interesting the real-life situation is, the game manages to make it more boring than missions in most budget shooters. [Sept 2004, p.76]

Atmospheric graphics are about all The Final Cut has going for it. [July 2002, p.81]

Next time, use the million-dollar PVP cash prize to improve gameplay. [Oct 2005, p.78]

A tedious combination of elementary puzzles and primitive fighting. [Dec 2002, p.118]

A bad third-person shooter is still bad even with '60s music and Vietnamese prostitutes. [Dec 2004, p.96]

And thus gaming's highest-profile franchise is run into the ground and kicked repeatedly in the head. [Oct 2003, p.118]

Archangel's plot is almost nonexistent... The light at the end of the tunnel needs a new bulb. [Apr 2003, p.112]

A disturbing combination of poor control and frustrating, repetitive gameplay that feels more like a guerilla "Groundhog Day" than "Platoon." [Mar 2003, p.99]

If you want carpal tunnel syndrome, there are far more entertaining ways to contract it. [Feb 2003, p.80]

It adds some window dressing and a smattering of new scenarios to a game well past its prime. [Aug 2003, p.81]

Is there nothing this game does right? No, nothing. [Apr 2002, p.102]

Real War simply overpromises and underdelivers. [Feb 2002, p.103]

If it’s trivia you’re after, read questions from Trivial Pursuit cards. Or pick up an Encyclopedia Britannica. Don’t, however, buy this game. [Feb 2002, p.99]

After the novelty wears off, it becomes an exercise in tedium broken only by crashes to the desktop. [Jan 2004, p.122]